DELTONA, FLORIDA

'Deltona' is a city located in southwestern Volusia County, Florida. According to 2006 U.S. Census Bureau estimates, the city has a population of 82,788; it is the largest city in Volusia County. Deltona is a principal city of the Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area, which the census bureau estimated had a 2006 population of 496,575.
Annual Estimates of the Population of Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006

Contents

History

Geography

Demographics

Trivia

References

External links

History

In 1962 the Mackle brothers bought 17,203 acres, filed for a planned unit development with 35,143 lots and named the area Deltona. The first Deltona residents arrived in April of 1963. By the end of that year 78 families had arrived in Deltona. Deltona was laid out by the Mackle brothers who have a street reverse-named in their honor (Elkcam). Deltona formed from the Mackle brothers idea of "community". The area is mainly populated by younger families living in single family homes. Due to its proximity to Orlando and its theme parks via I-4, the area grew very rapidly between 1970 and 2000, and Deltona has served as a bedroom community for commuters to Orlando. Residents voted to incorporate as a city on 31 December 1995, after two previous attempts had failed in 1987 and 1990.
Police protection is provided through inter-local agreements with the Volusia County Sheriff's Department. Deltona is centrally located between Daytona Beach and Orlando and is considered to be an "edge city" of Orlando. Deltona abuts the rural communities of Cassadaga, Enterprise and Osteen. It is adjacent to the cities of Orange City and DeBary. It is a sister city of Holyoke, Massachusetts.

Geography

Deltona is located at (28.907032, -81.216345).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 38.3 mi² (99.2 km²). of which is land and is water. Water is 6.6% of the total area.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 69,543 people, 24,896 households, and 19,518 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,943.7/mi² (750.4/km²). There were 26,417 housing units at an average density of 738.4/mi² (285.1/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 84.35% White, 6.97% African American, 0.35% Native American, 0.93% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 4.97% from other races, and 2.37% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 18.33% of the population.
There were 24,896 households out of which 37.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.5% were married couples living together, 12.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.6% were non-families. 16.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.79 and the average family size was 3.10.
In the city the population was spread out with 27.0% under the age of 18, 7.5% from 18 to 24, 29.1% from 25 to 44, 21.4% from 45 to 64, and 15.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 94.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.0 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $39,736, and the median income for a family was $42,122. Males had a median income of $31,087 versus $23,482 for females. The per capita income for the city was $16,648. About 6.2% of families and 8.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 10.6% of those under age 18 and 6.0% of those age 65 or over.

Trivia

Deltona is the home of Twiggy the Water-Skiing Squirrel.

References

1. Deltona, United States Page

External links

★ City of Deltona